Thank you card

This weeks challenge at Make my Monday is to make a Mother's Day or Thank you card.
I chose to make the Thank you version  using  elements from my Debbie Moore Shabby Chic CDs.
The result is a fairly quick and easy card, a bit of cutting out and layering, adding a few extras from the stash. Although you can spend ages browsing the pages  as there is so much choice.

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Tag for March

I didn't get February's tag done, but have managed to have a go at the one for March.
What is she talking about I can hear you saying.
Well, instead of the 12 tags of Christmas , Tim Holtz is guiding us through a tag for  each month of the year.
All the details and techniques   can be found here.

I did not have anywhere near all the items he used, but like most crafters, I had a quick search for stuff that might fit the bill.

The butterflies gave me the most problems as I used embossing powder instead of the recommended stuff. Still , I was quite pleased  how they turned out, and with a quick glance it does look a bit like Faux Mosaic.

I will also  be entering this tag  at Gingersnapcreations GC 139 Random Redhead Challenge-Use a Faux Technique.

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Miranda

The first challenge of our new format over at Try it on Tuesdays  is 'Watercolours'. We are asking you to colour your  project  using only   watercolours.  What you make is your choice,  as long as it fits our theme.
 Please pop over and see what we have all been making. All the details are here, together with our rules which have changed a little. Our sponser this time is One Stop Cards and Crafts.

This image is a lovely Stamp by Kanban.
I colour washed the background, letting it dry  before stamping
Then I used my favourite water colour cosmic shimmer paints to colour it.
To complete the card, I used   patterned cardstock  and trimmings from my stash.




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Leonora

Yesterday I was at a Craft fair where I was lucky to meet  Jill fromThe Stampman and watch her fantastic demonstrations. I also saw her beautiful frames which inspired me to try this small canvas. You can see one of her gorgeous frames here
The base which is about 5 x 7 inches  was given a couple of layers  of gesso.

The corner is layers of tissue, stuck down with  PVA.
Shading on the background is distress inks . I used a key mask which shows up very pale and the rose stamp here.
Then I started to add bits and pieces, some fragments and small beads.
Loads of silver embossing power, which I heated between layers. A metal filigree round and an old earing at its centre.





The stamped  image in the frame is quite old, not sure who by. She is coloured with a pale pink water colour.
The frame is from  Crafty Individuals.

I will be entering this in a couple of challenges.

The Stampman Challenge- The theme  is Vintage
Simon Says Stamp and Show- The theme is Anything goes.

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Daisies

Challenge 17 over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and we would like  you follow a line from our Bingo Card.
Choose a line, vertical, horizontal or diagonal,  we have had real fun with this one.
Please pop over for all the details and see what we have been making. Remember we like to see your stamping.







Once again I chose to make a small hanging. My line is diagonal, it includes Words, Distressing and Flowers.


After cutting the  heart shape, I used a Sheena Douglas topper to cover the surface.
Then it was lightly coated with cream acrylic paint and when dry shaded with  Antique Linen  with a little stormy sky  distress ink on the edge.
I then went round all  the shape with antique gold heat  embossing powder.
For the daisies I   used  stamps from Sheena's Paint Fusion Daisy set.
These were water coloured and topped with a pearlescent  cosmic shimmer paint, before cutting out.
Much easier this way as you can go over the outlines without spoiling your work.
The words are from a Studio 490 stamp set. Just right for the promises of Spring.

Challenge  21   at Lets Ink It Up  is 'Show us your flowers'. I hope these daisies will fit the theme, the are starting to show their pretty heads everywhere they shouldn't in my garden.

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Daffodils

A bit late  for this weeks challenge over at Make My Mondays which is Spring Flowers.
This card is made using elements from the Country Diary CD from Joanna Sheene.
Also used  Memory Box die cut for the florish.
I would have liked to use more dimension, but as this will be going in the post and our postage cost in the UK are rising, I need to practise making cards that don't need a  'Large' stamp.

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Meet my Grandparents.

The Chestnut Theme Challenge GS 141 over at Gingersnap Creations is -Granny's Photo Album.
This had me reaching for one of the first scrapbooks I made about 14 years ago, to record our family's history.  Back then it was difficult to get stuff in the UK  to enhance the pages, hence this is a very basic page, but it means a lot to me.

 My grandparents were married before the start of World War 1 and he served in the Royal Navy

 I am lucky to be the keeper of some of the beautiful cards he sent home to my Gran.
They are also in the Family scrapbook, as you can see they have suffered a bit over the years and like many family items that  are only found by accident many years later.


The beautiful lace on the right is an oval shape when unfolded.
My grandparents lived well into their eighties and am so glad that my two sons are able to remember them both.

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